PDRA Black holes, holography and quantum gravity
Advertising Department: Physics Department, Swansea University
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Closing Date: 11th December 2022
Salary: £36,386 per annum together with USS Pension benefits
Hours of work: 35 hours per week
Contract: This is a fixed term position for 2 years
Starting date: 1st October 2023
Location: This position will be based at the Singleton Park Campus, Swansea University
Applications: We encourage applications to be submitted in the first instance via Academic Jobs Online but in order for applications to be official they must also be submitted to Swansea University via this link:
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swansea/current-vacancies/details/?nPostingID=128279&nPostingTargetID=157737&ID=QHUFK026203F3VBQB7VLO8NXD&lg=UK&mask=suext
Informal enquiries: For further information about this position, please contact Prof. Tim Hollowood t.hollowood@swansea.ac.uk or Prof. Prem Kumar s.p.kumar@swansea.ac.uk
The Particle Physics and Cosmology Theory Group at Swansea University is seeking to recruit a postdoctoral research associate working in the broad area of holography and the gauge-gravity correspondence with a particular interest in quantum back holes, the information loss problem, and other issues of quantum gravity. This could include expertise with the entanglement island formalism; quantum information theory; quantum chaotic systems and matrix models; the fuzzball programme.
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